| 词汇 | when someone sneezes, someone else catches a cold |
| 释义 | (redirected from when someone sneezes, someone else catches a cold)when (something) sneezes, (something else) catches a coldWhen a person, group, or entity has a problem or experiences a negative situation, a related person, group, or entity will consequently have a worse problem or will experience a more negative situation. When Paris sneezes, Europe catches a cold. Terrorism in France affects security throughout the continent. when the US/UK/China, etc. sneezes, Japan/Germany, etc. catches coldorwhen the US/UK/China, etc. sneezes, Japan/Germany, etc. catches a coldmainly BRITISHIf you say that when a particular country sneezes, another catches cold, or catches a cold, you mean that what happens to the first country has a great effect or influence on the second. And when the American economy sneezes, the City of London catches cold. As they say, when America sneezes the rest of the world catches a cold. when A ˈsneezes, B catches a ˈcold(also if A catches a ˈcold, B gets pneuˈmonia less frequent) if one person, organization, country, etc. has a problem, the effects of this on another person, organization or country are much more serious: When Wall Street sneezes, the world catches a cold. |
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